The aim of the workshop was to make acquaintance with exterior
and smart textiles. The project site was chosen the courtyard of the
Museum of Design and Applied Arts in Tallinn. The students had
to find a solution how to make this courtyard more attractive to
visitors as it is currently not so visible from the street. There were
no suggestions on what kind and how many objects there should be
so we had to start from the beginning.

The projects area is the courtyard of the Museum
of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts. It is
situated in the old town of Tallinn

PROCESS

Our work started with a brainstorm about the courtyard.
Here are shown some of the many ideas we came up with.

2012 Textile for Public Spaces PhD Lena Berglin, prof. Mare Kelpman

The workshop was interdisciplinary as there were students from
both textile design and architecture.
The students were divided into three groups. Every group had to
come up with their own concept.

GROUP

1: Layers

As the old town already has so many different layers of
architecture, history and materials, the concept of this group was to
add three layers of distinct functions. The functions that we needed
to implement were lights, shelters and chairs. The layer of lighting
was connected with the existing pavement. Some of the tiles were
supposed to be exchanged with illuminated blocks. The layer of
roofing was meant to be more illustrative as there is no real need
for sheltering. A lot of small textile roofs were planned between the
trees, acting as a landmark to attract visitors. The layer of chairs
was inspired by the plants that are hanging down the walls of the
museum. The chairs were made from entwined ropes that resemble
these plants.

GROUP

2: No strings attached

This group proposed two different ideas. The first was to create a
visible and attractive installation that could also be interactive. It
consistes of fluorescent ropes tided to the trees and walls all around
the courtyard. The ropes divide the courtyard and create distinct
spaces with different feelings. The second idea was to create a
continuous bench that is flowing between the trees. The bench could
also be moved and manipulated by the visitors as it is made of soft
and light materials.

This group was inspired by the exfoliating materials of the building
around the courtyard. They proposed an installation made of smart
textile that would react on the movement of the visitors. Sheets of
smooth textile were supposed to start peeling itself when somebody
approaches.

APPLIED ART AND DESIGN MUSEUM
_silence / mute
_something that you would like your friend to see
_boring can be fun
_ideas
_differ from the rest of the exhibition and at the same
time identifying it

MATERIALS
_self-regulating systems
_walls like dried skin
_weather conditions- all the time cold and steady
_aging of an artificial human made system (dependence
on wether conditions, human hand etc)

Wall, that is moving due to mov
INPUT: MOVEMENT
OUTPUT:
MOVEMENT
SHAPE
MEMORY ALLOYS
A shape memory alloy (SMA, smart metal, memory
metal, memory alloy, muscle wire, smart alloy) is and
alloy that “remembers” its original, cold-forged shape:
returning the pre-deformed shape by heating.
ARDUINO + SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS + THE FORM
= ROBOTIC TEXTILE
ARDUINO - PROGRAMMED FOR THE FORM TO
TAKE CARE OF THE SCENARIO
tHE FABRIC SHALL REACT ON MOVING AND CAN
TAKE DIFFERENT POSITIONS.